Algarve

CELEBRATED PORTUGUESE jazz singer, Jacinta, based in San Francisco Bay in the US, will be performing songs from her new album Daydream at Faro’s municipal theatre, on January 27.   Jacinta

PORTUGAL’S LARGEST wedding fair of the year, Exponoivos, returned to Lisbon’s Parque das Nações last weekend. The three-day event was the 12th trade fair dealing with everything for the big

FOLLOWING TRADITION, the Loulé village of Querença will, once again, host its annual chouriço festival, due to take place this year on January 15, from 11am, at Largo da Igreja

WORK TO upgrade the basic sanitation infrastructures and water supply network has begun in Rua do Comércio, Portimão’s main shopping thoroughfare. The work, which is being carried out by Portimão

A NEW report recently published by the Instituto Nacional de Estatística, the national statistics office, has confirmed that the Portuguese continue to choose the Algarve as their preferred holiday destination.

A SPECIAL regional fund has recently been set up to finance the marketing and promotion required to attract more airlines to operate routes to Faro. The fund is the result

THE ALGARVE health authority is moving forward with a package of changes, which will transform local healthcare. The objective is to improve front line care so that the public have

AS TRAFFIC lights at Guia, Alcantarilha and Lagoa are being replaced with roundabouts, the Instituto de Estradas de Portugal (IEP), the institute of Roads in Portugal, is contemplating doing the

FORMER PRESIDENT of Faro Câmara, José Vitorino, has lambasted the council over its decision to cancel the Kings’ Day party this year, a dinner that has been hosted since 2003,

VILA REAL de Santo António Câmara has recently signed a contract with the Associação de Comerciantes da Região do Algarve (ACRAL), the Algarve retailers and business owners’ association, outlining the